STATE LOTTERY IN N.Z.
PRIVATE MEMBER’S BILL. As a means of increasing national revenue a. bill providing for the establishment of a, State, lottery was introduced in the House oif Representatives yesterday by Mr G. C. Black, the Independent member' for Motueka.
According to, the provisions of the proposed legislation, the lottery will be conducted by the Government on the lines of a national sweepstake and the proceeds will go direct to the Consolidated Fund. The finance thus raised will be earmarked for charitable purposes, including expenditure on certain, aspects of education, the relief of distress arising out cf unemployment, and general indigent relief.
Mr Black holds that a precedent for tine inauguration of a State lottery can he found in the Government’s issue, of permits for art unions and its taxation of the proceeds from them. In addition, he says, the time is overdue for staying the investment of New Zealand moneys in oversea; lot tallies and s'weepstakes. His view is that people will try their luck. and that their investment should biei to the benefit of their own country.
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Pahiatua Herald, Volume XXXIX, Issue 11984, 26 February 1932, Page 6
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181STATE LOTTERY IN N.Z. Pahiatua Herald, Volume XXXIX, Issue 11984, 26 February 1932, Page 6
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